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CERN; in this case, temporary importation is not required. CERN also 

 exports directly (from Switzerland or France) whatever the reason for 

 the exportation may be. Apart from the two host States, CERN has 

 obtained preferential agreements concerning the temporary importation 

 of equipment that belongs to it into the United Kingdom and Italy. 



For JET, an agreement has been established between this common 

 enterprise and the United Kingdom which gives it advantages equal to 

 these of CERN. 



1.3 Possible improvements 



The cases of CERN and JET are examples of potential improvements to 

 the system currently in force. Among possible solutions, consideration 

 can ben given to taking steps at ministerial level to accord a special 

 status to scientific and technical equipment and instruments which 

 would enable them, within the framework of intergovernmental agreements 

 governing the projects that resulted from the Versailles Summit, to be 

 moved freely between the laboratories participating in the "Controlled 

 Thermonuclear Fusion" and "High Energy Physics" projects. Awaiting 

 this solution the following measures should be taken: 



- Extension of maximum time for temporary use to 10 years, 



- Granting of status of "scientific equipment" for all equipment 

 exclusively used in HEP research, 



- Facilitation of procedures to give evidence of identity after 

 temporary use. 



It should also be noted that a draft European agreement aimed at 

 facilitating the movement of scientific research equipment between the 

 Member States of the Council of Europe is being studied and that, in 

 this regard, the Ministerial Conference of 17 September 1984 

 recommended that consideration should be given to whether such an 

 agreement would be of advantage. The agreement will be based on the 

 application of Article 13 of the Customs Convention, itself based on 

 the Florence Convention relating to the importation of scientific 

 equipment, under which minimum facilities are provided for. The 

 negotiation of this new agreement, however, will have to be conducted so 

 as to ensure that it does not hinder application of greater facilities 

 that certain contracting parties grant or might grant, either by means 

 of unilateral provisions or under bilateral or multilateral agreements 

 of the same type as those previously mentioned. (As regards this 

 point, reference may be made, in particular, to the EC Council 

 Directives already being implemented or at the stage of preparation). 

 Subsequently, consideration could be given to extending such an 

 agreement to non-European countries, and in particular to the countries 

 which participated in the Summit. 



It will be the task of TGE working group to make a statement upon the 

 practicalities of setting up and operating such an agreement of 

 Conventions. 



